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LUCIUS LANGWORTHY-205 HILL
LANGWORTHY (LUCIUS) HOME. Located at 205 Hill, the stately FEDERAL STYLE ARCHITECTURE home was built about 1849 for Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY. He came to Dubuque in 1828 and built a cabin on Mineral Street, now Rosedale Avenue.
In 1997 forty trees still remained on this lot, including fifteen different kinds of pines. The house was red brick until the mid 1900s, when it was covered with the gold brick seen today. This resulted in the window frames being fourteen inches thick. In the late 1930s, a front porch was replaced with a veranda.
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1996 "House Tour" brochure of the Old House Enthusiasts